Posted
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Soulskillon Tuesday March 05, 2013 @05:22PM
from the picking-sides-and-picking-battles dept.

theodp writes "The anarchist dictum when it comes to grand juries, explains Salon's Natasha Lennard, is a simple one: 'No one talks, everyone walks.' It's a lesson journalist Quinn Norton tragically learned only after federal prosecutors got her to inadvertently help incriminate Aaron Swartz, her dearest friend and then-lover. Convinced she knew nothing that could be used against Swartz, Norton at first cooperated with the prosecutors. But prosecutors are pro fishermen — they cast wide nets. And in a moment Norton describes as 'profoundly foolish,' she told the grand jury that Swartz had co-authored a blog post advocating for open data (the Guerrilla Open Access Manifesto), which prosecutors latched onto and spun into evidence that the technologist had 'malicious intent in downloading documents on a massive scale.' Norton sadly writes, 'It is important the people know that the prosecutors manipulated me and used my love against Aaron without me understanding what they were doing. This is their normal. They would do this to anyone. We should understand that any alleged crime can become life-ruining if it catches their eyes.' Consider yourself forewarned."

Lots. The most honest of dudes will answer "Do I look fat in this?" incorrectly.

For those of you who don't know, the one and only, correct answer to the above question please be advised:

HER: "Do I look fat in this?"YOU: "Did you here about the pedophile sex offender that moved in down the street honey bear?"HER: "OMG! WHHHHATTT!!!!!"YOU: "I'm sorry what where you asking again?"HER: "NOTHING! TELL ME ABOUT THE SICK BASTARD!"YOU: (smiling) "It's on the sex offender registry, I will pull it up..."HER: "I love you soo much..." (blow job achievement unlocked)